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West Potomac to Face Centreville in Football Playoffs

Wolverines lose regular season finale against TC in OT.

The West Potomac football team will travel to face Centreville in the opening round of the playoffs.

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Thriller!

The West Potomac dance team performed to the music of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” during the halftime show during the football game against T.C. Williams on Friday night, Nov. 2.

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Vienna/McLean/Great Falls Calendar, Nov. 8-18

Get out and about with these events in Great Falls, McLean and Vienna.


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TC Football Ends Season with 4-Game Winning Streak

Titans beat West Potomac in OT in regular season finale.

The T.C. Williams football team finished 5-5 after a 1-5 start.

West Po’s Genuario Qualifies for XC States

West Potomac's Katie Genuario finished 14th at the Northern Region cross country championships on Nov. 2.

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Joining the Long Wait To Vote

Mount Vernon residents line up.

Large numbers of determined voters were willing to stand in long lines and ignore the near freezing temperatures to cast their votes.


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Westfield Field Hockey Ends Season in State Quarterfinals

Winesett cousins led Bulldogs past West Springfield for state berth.

The Westfield field hockey team won Concorde District and Northern Region championships this season.

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Entertainment Brief: 2012 Holiday Shop – A Mount Vernon Tradition The 51st annual

Holiday Shop — a popular Mount Vernon tradition — will be held Saturday, Nov. 17, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Mount Vernon Unitarian Church, 1909 Windmill Lane, Alexandria, near Fort Hunt Rd., and Mason Hill Dr.

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Entertainment Brief: MVCCT Presents ‘Oklahoma!’ at Bryant Alternative School

Mount Vernon Community Children’s Theatre, now in its 32nd season, is presents “Oklahoma!” Nov. 9-18.


Review: Living Legends 2012 Exhibition at Barnes & Noble

I have a digital camera…it’s easy to take pictures… I set it on “idiot proof” and shoot portraits to capture special people in my life. Some end up in “the cloud;” lots still live on my camera.

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Soul Survivors

Port City Playhouse stages “The Soul Collector.”

In a throwback to 1970s television hits like “Sanford and Son,” “Chico and the Man” and “All in the Family,” Port City Playhouse's latest production of “The Soul Collector” tells the story of two African-American sanitation workers living in a cramped apartment in Cleveland.

McGorty PRs, Chantilly Boys’ XC Qualifies for States

Cowne leads Chantilly girls’ team to state berth.

The Chantilly boys' and girls' cross country teams qualified for states on Nov. 2.


Entertainment Brief: Kluge Makes National Gallery of Art Debut

An original score composed by Alexandria Symphony Orchestra maestro Kim Allen Kluge and his wife Kathryn Vassar Kluge will debut Nov. 10 as The National Gallery of Art presents a ciné-concert of films by Alice Guy Blaché.

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18th Annual Evening in the Heart of Alexandria

Volunteer Alexandria honored Patty Moran and Lyles Carr at the annual Evening in the Heart of Alexandria reception and live auction on Friday evening, Nov. 2, at Gadsby’s Tavern.

West Springfield’s Alcorta Finishes Region Runner-Up

Junior breaks 17 minutes at Burke Lake Park XC course.

West Springfield's Caroline Alcorta finished second at regionals with a time of 16:58.


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Reston/Herndon Calendar, Nov. 10-17

Get out and about with these events in Herndon and Reston.

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Thanksgiving at the Alexandria Elks Lodge

Thanksgiving dinner were served to senior citizens on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 3.

Chase Sets Lake Braddock Record at XC Regionals

Bruins girls’, boys’ qualify for states.

Lake Braddock's Sophie Chase won her third consecutive Northern Region championship on Nov. 2.


Del Ray Delivers on Halloween

Costumes filled the racks in the community room at the Mount Vernon Community Center on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 27.

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Nightmare on Alfred Street

The Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority hosted a Halloween haunting in the greens and alleyway in the 800 block of N. Alfred Street on Oct. 31.